- Davis campaigns to remove secrecy behind chemical stockpiles
- Davis presses the attack on Abbott’s obstruction on chemical info
- Burka: Wendy Davis “asleep at the switch again”
- After blasting Davis’ out-of-state fundraising, Abbott fundraises out of state
- Dan Branch’s July Fourth picnic becomes a swan song for establishment Republicans – it’s never that they are wrong, just the voters.
- Rangel: Lubbock-area state politics gets busy
- Cleveland tops Dallas in bid to host RNC in 2016 – as predicted. Texas will go Republican, Ohio is a swing state of importance plus the RNC big-whigs are unfriendly to the conservative body of the family.
- “It’s going to be in Cleveland” — Dallas loses 2016 GOP convention
- Long line for tickets to Obama’s Austin speech
- Obama Will Fundraise in Austin with Director of Pro-Illegal Immigration Film
- In Border Crisis, Perry Finds a Political Advantage
- Texas Democrat: What would be the point of an Obama border visit? – not what the asked about Katrina!
- Ted Cruz slams ‘D.C. machine’ over Mississippi runoff, wants voter-fraud investigation
- Ted Cruz: Investigate Thad Cochran Allies for Voter Fraud
- Cornyn aims to draw Vietnamese-Americans to GOP
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- President Obama, now seeking $3.7 billion from Congress – and not a penny will actually be used to properly control the border or return these folk to their families where they belong.
- Border money request won’t include policy change – exactly
- Sen. Cruz on Border Security and Israeli-Palestinian Relations on Hannity AUDIO
- Cornyn calls for President Obama to visit the boarder VIDEO
- Obama Texas trip skips past the border; Cornyn says president needs a ‘wake-up call’
- Cornyn: Border Visit Would Be “Wakeup Call” for the President
- Neugebauer to Tour Immigration Detention Facility at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland
- Female White House Staffers Got Smaller Raises Than Men
- Rep. Cuellar: Obama Risks ‘Katrina Moment’ by Not Visiting Border
- Gohmert Claiming Flood of Illegal Immigrants Intentional
- U.S. Secretary of the Interior comes to Fort Worth to advocate for parks
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- Perry agrees to meet with Obama for roundtable on border crisis – see border news section for more
- Perry will shun Obama handshake at Texas airport
- The Roots of Our School System’s Ineffectiveness: Why the Current K-12 System is so Ineffective
- Sen. Larry Taylor slams ruling in TWIA case
- Frustration grows over lack of movement in the Texas Senate
- Sullivan / Empower Texans [un]Ethics Committee hearing “mishmash” VIDEO
- Texas confirms first case of newly emerging mosquito-borne virus, chikungunya VIDEO
- State Halts Foster Care Placements With Contractor
- City of Austin Could Issue Municipal ID Cards To Undocumented Immigrants
- Former Burleson County DA faces penalty over case ending in exoneration
- Texas’ teen birthrate decreases but lags behind national rate decline
- Oil slips closer to $103 as supply fears recede
- BP to sell Panhandle gas fields to Pantera for $390M
- Prominent Houston real estate firm shows off new digs
- Downtown Dallas’ largest loft apartment project is for sale
- American Airlines to name operations center after late executive
- American’s CEO says demand for travel still bright
- Dallas-area ranked 10th nationally in foreclosures as of May
- A look inside Methodist Dallas Medical Center’s critical care tower
- Perry Announces TEF Investment to Help Schneider Electric Expand and Add Jobs in El Paso
- San Antonio-area startup deals in beer deliveries
- Texas crop, weather report: ‘Out-of sight’ beef prices pose opportunity for those with grass
- Spirit of Texas Distills Uniquely Texan Drinks VIDEO
- Schlitterbahn Corpus Christi Near Completion
- Strippers sue San Antonio strip club over house fees
- Bell County jailer arrested, charged
- Former ICE Employee Sentenced to Prison VIDEO
- Former high school assistant coach sentenced for improper relationship with student
- $5,000 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Sex Offender From Fort Worth
- Texas game wardens target drunken boaters
- 3 hurt when small plane crashes east of Houston
- Cropdusting plane makes emergency landing south of Donna
- State fire marshal’s office: No timeline in determining cause of deadly Comanche fireworks explosion
- Russell Reynolds, who died in fireworks blast, remembered as a champion of Comanche
- DPS trooper seizes 13 pounds of meth in I-40 stop
- Ventura vs. Chris Kyle: Jury selection to begin in defamation lawsuit
- Chris Kyle’s widow defends him in defamation case VIDEO
- 2 workers hurt in Chevron plant fire in Port Arthur
- 18-Wheeler Hauling Chickens Overturns On Waco-Area Highway VIDEO
- Thrillist says Texas food among best in nation
- Veteran Detained by Police for Patrolling Flour Bluff Neighborhood – not illegal.
- Open Carry lawsuit against Arlington moves forward
- Four Killed, Five Injured in Head-on Vehicle Collision near Tivoli
- Former Lufkin pastor pleads guilty to assaulting wife
- McAllen runner attacked on 2nd St Trail told “You’re going to die”
- Microburst does major damage in Tomball
Political and other Texas news for 7/8/2014
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